Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

171 Mayor Nick’s Deal

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

When the entire Valentine City fell into the pressure and panic brought about by the elves’ siege, a carriage had already driven back to the Vidal Chamber of Commerce.

The horror and cruelty of the war seeped into every corner of this city. Dark clouds also enveloped the sky above the branch of the Vidal Chamber of Commerce. A large number of guards and employees had already formed a militia unit. At this moment, they were defending the south wall. The remaining people were also under huge pressure.

In a wide and comfortable bedroom, Kang De lay on the soft bed and smelled the faint fragrance in the room. He closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, relaxing and resting.

As expected of a large Chamber of Commerce. The conditions here were much better than the Heaven and Earth Association.

The elves had attacked and were trapped in the city, but Kang De’s own safety was not a problem. He was even safer than Leona. That young lady relied on the reputation of her Chamber of Commerce and the indescribable tacit understanding between the elves and the Empire, but she still had to listen to the elves after all. Her so-called life had fallen into the hands of others.

As for him, Master Kang?

He hid in the white fog world and even returned to Earth.

The time ratio of 1:7 on both sides was very inconvenient for Kang De to do things on Earth, but there were two sides to everything. When escaping, it became a very useful tool. For example, if he stayed on Earth for half a month in a row, it would take two to three months in the other world. No matter how much the elves hated Kang De and wanted to kill him, they would definitely not spend so much time searching for him in Valentine City.

However, unless he had no choice, he would not use this method.

Two to three months… It was already too late. If he returned and discovered that Goethe had been defeated or even Tina had died in battle, he would have to face even greater danger there.

Kang De, who was lying on the bed, sighed silently.

Although his personal safety was not a problem, he was still under a lot of pressure.

This was because he really could not leave.

Be it Hong San or Leona, he could not leave them here. In fact, this was Tina’s country and Goethe’s city. He did not want to do nothing and watch so many people die.

However, what could he do?

Today, the elves had raided the city. He had faced the Twilight army head-on and personally experienced what the war in the other world was like. Although it could not compare to modern war at all, magic rumbled and arrows flew. War was war. It was not something a mere person like him could change and stop.

He could deal with ten elves and twenty elves. He could guard a section of the city wall and make the magic of the elf mages useless, but that was all. A person’s strength was limited in the end.

The technology and martial strength on Earth were his greatest reliance, but the map of the white fog world was limited. The weapons he could obtain were at most civilian equipment and a few small-caliber guns. Moreover, there was no fuel truck. Even if there was, there was no way to reproduce the power that night in Glory Sand.

As for returning to Earth and opening the map… it was completely too late.

Time was very urgent to begin with. From an accident to Valentine City, the elves had appeared like lightning. Even if he only returned to Earth for three hours, nearly a day had passed in the other world. Three hours could not do anything on Earth, and a day was enough for the elves to attack this city.

Kang De sighed again.

He appeared to be confident in front of Leona and high-spirited in front of Hong San, but he was still mostly comforted. Hong San was right. If the elves abandoned their strange plans and attacked with an upright master, they could only defend with an upright master. The two sides fought with pure hard strength.

This was Kang De’s greatest shortcoming.

For example, he had shattered everything in the Goode family alone, but if he fought all the other party’s strength head-on at that time, he would definitely die.

For a moment, Kang De frowned, but he could not think of any useful method to break through the enemy.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Kang De turned around and sat up. He heard someone shout outside, “Kang De!”

It was Leona’s voice… and her tone was a little nervous.

With a thought, he walked over and opened the door. He saw that this young lady of the Chamber of Commerce with a fragrant mouth looked a little flustered as she whispered, “Nick is here!”

Kang De was stunned. “What’s he doing here?”

“Of course he’s here to find you!” After experiencing what had happened in the past two days, Leona had already treated Mayor Nick as an irreconcilable enemy. Seeing that this fellow actually dared to take the initiative to visit, it really flustered her. Apart from being nervous, she began to speak nonsense again, “This is a rare opportunity. Do you want us to take this opportunity…”

Kang De raised his hand and chopped at the girl’s head.

The girl hugged her head and cried out in pain. She subconsciously said angrily, “D*mn you…”

Then, she realized that she had said something stupid in front of Kang De again, and the beeping slowly weakened.

She stopped cursing and only rolled her eyes at Kang De as she complained, “I’ve become stupid in the past two days! I must have been frightened by your axe! It’s all your fault!”

Kang De put on his coat, packed the axes, spears, knives, and bottles, put on his coat, and walked out of the room.

Walking beside Kang De, Leona’s nervousness gradually calmed down. She was relaxed and her intelligence rose. She returned to her usual calm and shrewdness. She said worriedly, “This guy looks so humble and polite as if it’s real. He’s putting on such an elegant appearance. He must be plotting something…”

Kang De said calmly, “We’ll know when the time comes… It’s a good thing that he took the initiative to look for us. After all, if we want to defend the city, we definitely can’t avoid this mayor. The path of war is mainly about information. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. In this city, the person who knows you and the enemy the best is definitely Nick.”

When Leona heard him say this, her disgust, resistance, and even sense of escape toward Nick gradually dissipated.

She was silent for a moment before suddenly sighing, “Why are you so calm… I’ve been smart since I was young and was praised by my family. When I grew up, I did a lot of business and thought that I was a genius. However, I was trapped in the city this time and knew what panic was. I’m far inferior to you…”

When Kang De heard this, his gaze fell into a daze.

Calm…?

On careful thought, that was indeed the case, but this was not a natural quality. It was more like an experience the day after tomorrow. Anyone who had experienced more than a year of drifting on an island without collapsing would improve a little.

Moreover, there was also the matter of Glory Sand…

Regret and satisfaction, loss and recovery. Human growth was only between gain and loss. He smiled at Leona and explained her doubts with a sentence.

“I’m only experienced in battle and have seen many things.”

However, the girl from the other world could not smile knowingly. She did not understand the deep meaning of this sentence, but she read another meaning from it. She understood what Kang De was saying.

“I’m thinking of Tina.”

She said in a complicated tone, “When we met again, she had almost become another person. It was because of her experience that she grew up… When I saw her and understood that she had already grown up, this was the first time I grew up in fear. The first time I hoped that I could always be a child.”

There was indeed fear in her eyes.

This was because Tina had grown up after experiencing Glory Sand’s betrayal. The people closest to her had died one by one for her. Only then did she know the pain and understand the way the world was originally. Then, she decided to take on more responsibility and do what she had not thought of previously.

Now, under the city, the loyal attendants and guards who had followed her to find Kang De were forcefully recruited by Mayor Nick and were about to be involved in the millstone of war.

At this moment, Leona felt a heartfelt fear… She was afraid of losing those people and that she would grow up because of such a thing.